Strainer.



No. 634,455A Patented uct. lo, |899.

w. HAYES.

STHAINER.

(Application med Feb. 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNrTnD [STATES WILLIAM HAYES, OF PAVTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,455, dated October10, 1899. Application led February 2.4,1899. Serial No. 706,683. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t rita/y concern.-

Beit known thatI, WILLIAM HAYES, a citizen of the United States ofAmericaand a resident of Pawtucket, county of Providence," and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStrainers, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in strainers in which thereceptacle which holds the liquid is separable from the base of thestrainer and fits the latter' in such a way as to admit of theintroduction of a suitable straining fabric' or substance; and theobject of my inventionis to provide a strainer in which the variousparts are separable in order to facilitate the cleansing thereof and inorder to permit of the introduction of a variety of straining or lteringfabrics or substances. I accomplish these objects by the mechanism shownin the accompanying drawings, in whichl Figure l shows the lower portionand delivery-tube of my device; Fig. 2, the liquid-receptacle, and Figs.3 and 4. the two together in section.

The same parts are designated-by thesame letters throughout the severalviews.

In Fig. l, A is a shallow box-like receptacle having the delivery tube cprojecting downwardly therefrom, the upper end of c bein@ provided withthe gauze or netting b. This member of my invention may be made of anysuitable material, but preferably of sheet metal, such as copper or tin.The member B, Fig. 2, is a deeper box-like receptacle, made alsopreferably of sheet metal and of sucha size as'to fit easilyinto thememberA. The bottom of B is also provided with a metallic netting orgauze a. In Fig. 3 the member B is seen in position for use fitted tothe memberA. Between the two members is a filtering fabric or padC,which may be of cotton iiannel or one or more thicknesses of suitablecloth orpaper or other proper filtering material. A, and the member Bfits tightly down upon it, holding it in place, the pad serving as apacking to prevent leakage. The liquid to be strained is poured into thereceptacle B and finds its way through the netting a and thefiltering-pad C into the delivery-tube c.

Instead of using the filtering-pad C fitted to The pad C is placed inthe bottom of.

the receptacle A a piece of'muslin cloth of any size whatever may beplaced over A, the superfluous margin of the cloth hanging down upon theoutside. The member B is then inserted into A, inclosing the muslintightlybetween the mesh ct and the bottom of A, and the straining thenproceeds as before, the parts being easily separated for the purpose ofchanging the cloth to a new portion thereof or for the purpose ofcleaning the same.

It is not necessary that B should have the network or mesh ct at thebottom of it, as it will work without the same. It will also be'apparent that the shape of my 'device is immaterial, the square shapebeing made simply for convenience. circular form or in anyvothersuitable shape. The deliverystube c may also be of any required shape orsize.

The advantages of my device are that in the straining of liquids everypart of `my strainer is quickly accessible for the purpose of cleansing,that a large body of liquid may be set to strain, the quantitydependingsolely upon the size of the receptacle B without any attention on thepart of the person using the strainer, that the part B being separablefrom A permits the use of a variety of filterL ing materials or fabricsbeing used whether in the form of a pad, as shown at C in Fig. 3, or ofmuslin, cotton flannel, or other cloth, as shown at C', Fig. 4, and ofcourse instead of cloth paper or any other fabric may be substituted.

' Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A strainer composed of a lower member A with raised edges and having adelivery-tube c projecting downwardly therefrom; a separable uppermember B fitting into said lower member; and a pad of filtering materialheld in position by the engagement of A and B, substantially asdescribed for the purpose specified.

SignedV by me at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, this 22d day of February, A.D. 1899.

IVILLIAIWI HAYES.

Vtitnesses:

LELLAN J. TUcK, FLoRnNcE E. BATES.

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